John Trapp on Isaiah 22:1

CHAP. XXII.

Ver. 1. THe burden] See chap. 13.1.

Of the Valley of Viſion] i. e. Of Zion or Jeruſalem (as the Septuagint expreſs it) which is called firſt a Valley (though ſet upon a knole) becauſe invironed with Mountains, Pſalm 125.2. ſecondly, becauſe ſhortly to be laid low and level'd with the ground; ita ut vallis aut vorago dici poſſet.

Of Viſion] So Jeruſalem is called, Firſt, Becauſe there [illegible: 1 word] Gods viſible or aſpectable preſence. Secondly, Becauſe it was a Seminary of Seers (as Hierom elegantly termeth it) not without ſome alluſion, as tis thought, to Mount Moriah (whereon ſtood the Temple) which ſignifieth Viſion, q. d. O Zion, thou waſt Moriah, but now thou art Marah: thou waſt the Mountain of Viſion; but now thou art a Valley of tears and of darkneſs: thou waſt the Temple of God, but now thou art a den of thieves.

What ayleth thee now that thou art wholly gone up to the houſe-tops?] Luctus & ſalutis cauſa, ſaith Scultetus, there to lament thy diſtreſs, or elſe for ſafeguard in this deſtraction: Shouldeſt thou not rather go out to fight, then go up thus wholly and fully to the tops of thy Terriſies?